Alerts subsystem 3/4: delta surface, REST API and server wiring - #3011
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesThe pull request adds a complete alerts subsystem. It defines alert contracts and state transitions, persists alerts and audit history in SQLite, exposes REST and plugin operations, mirrors alerts through deltas, integrates startup and shutdown behavior, and updates related server filtering and staleness logic. Alerts subsystem
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The alerts API can fail on malformed requests, after reload, or on an incompatible Node runtime. Several response and audit correctness gaps also remain, so fixes are advisable before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Device
participant AlertDeltas
participant AlertManager
participant AlertStore
participant DeltaHub
Device->>DeltaHub: Send alerts.* delta
DeltaHub->>AlertDeltas: Invoke delta input handler
AlertDeltas->>AlertManager: Raise or clear alert
AlertManager->>AlertStore: Commit alert transition and history
AlertManager-->>AlertDeltas: Emit alert event
AlertDeltas->>DeltaHub: Publish alerts.* delta
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In `@docs/develop/rest-api/alerts_api.md`:
- Around line 63-78: Revise the alerts API documentation to remove detailed JSON
payload examples, plugin call sequences, limits, retention settings, and SQLite
backup specifics; keep the page conceptual and point readers to generated
OpenAPI documentation or a maintained operational guide for exact request shapes
and configuration values.
In `@src/api/alerts/alertManager.ts`:
- Around line 434-438: Update the priorityUpdated object in escalateAlert so
operator-driven escalation changes priority without overwriting
lastSourceUpdate; preserve the alert’s existing lastSourceUpdate value while
retaining the other update behavior.
In `@src/api/alerts/alertStateMachine.ts`:
- Around line 337-339: Remove the echo comment above unsilence in
src/api/alerts/alertStateMachine.ts lines 337-339 and remove the
timer-inspection echo comments in src/api/alerts/escalationTimer.ts lines
144-156; do not add replacement comments unless they document a non-obvious
lifecycle invariant.
In `@src/api/alerts/deltas.ts`:
- Around line 210-212: Route the per-delta rejection logging in apply, including
the alerts delta error, description-bounds warning, and failure log, through the
project debug channel instead of console.warn/error, or add equivalent
per-path/per-source suppression so repeated invalid sources cannot flood server
logs.
- Line 324: Replace the repeated ALERT_PRIORITIES.includes membership check in
describedAlert with a module-scope Set initialized from ALERT_PRIORITIES, and
use that Set for priority validation while preserving the existing AlertPriority
behavior.
- Line 316: Update the alert delta type’s data property from Record<string,
never> to Record<string, Value>, import the existing Value type from
`@signalk/server-api`, and remove the unnecessary cast at the forwarding code
around line 352.
- Around line 259-266: Update the existing-alert branch around noteSourceUpdate
so changes to data, group, latching, or references are applied through
AlertManager.updateExistingAlert before recording the heartbeat and returning.
Retain the no-op behavior only when all relevant alert fields, including these
descriptive fields plus priority and message, are unchanged.
In `@src/api/alerts/historyStore.ts`:
- Around line 121-127: Update the eventType filtering logic in the history query
to handle an empty array before constructing the SQL IN clause; return an empty
match or skip the clause without generating event_type IN (). Preserve the
existing behavior for non-empty arrays and scalar eventType values.
In `@src/api/alerts/index.ts`:
- Line 189: Guard every interpolated debug call in src/api/alerts/index.ts at
lines 189, 198, 214, 227, 244, 255, 266, 285, 315, and 341 with debug.enabled &&
before invoking debug, covering the status, history, list, raise, silence-all,
single-alert, acknowledge, silence, escalate, and condition routes.
- Around line 404-409: Update the alert request validation around the context,
group, latching, and data fields so supplied values with invalid types are
rejected instead of omitted. Preserve acceptance of string context/group,
boolean latching, and record-shaped data, and follow the existing references
validation behavior to return the appropriate client error.
- Line 477: Update the timestamp validation around the value check to use
explicit ISO 8601 format and calendar-date validation instead of Date.parse().
Reject non-ISO inputs and impossible dates such as 2026-02-30 before assigning
to result[key], and add tests covering both rejection cases.
In `@src/api/alerts/openApi.ts`:
- Line 358: Define and reuse a shared checked OpenAPI document contract for the
built-in alert record and plugins, then remove the as unknown as
OpenApiDescription assertion in src/api/alerts/openApi.ts at lines 358-358 and
the as any assertion in test/api/alerts/openApi.test.ts at lines 9-10. Ensure
both sites type-check directly against the shared contract.
In `@src/api/alerts/types.ts`:
- Around line 181-185: Update the documentation for the HistoryQuery from and to
fields to state that ISO 8601 timestamps with explicit UTC offsets are accepted,
rather than requiring timestamps to end in Z.
- Around line 284-287: Update the transition atomicity documentation near the
active-set write and audit appends to state that a successful clear removes the
active alert while retaining its audit entry, and that the active-set change and
history entries commit together without partial transitions.
In `@src/staleness.ts`:
- Around line 295-296: Update onIncoming() to reject alert/event paths before
calling recordAutoSample(), preventing AutoSampler allocation for excluded
paths. Reuse the shared event-path predicate currently checking ALERTS_ROOT and
ALERTS_PREFIX, and apply the same predicate to notification paths.
In `@test/alerts-integration.ts`:
- Line 208: Remove the outdated comment near the restored-alert test; retain
only comments describing current test requirements.
- Around line 152-153: Replace fixed timer delays with bounded retries that
observe the expected alert state: in test/alerts-integration.ts lines 152-153
wait for the device-raised alert before querying the API, and lines 218-219 wait
for the cleared state before asserting; in test/api/alerts/server.ts lines
102-103 wait for the device-raised alert before querying /alerts. Use named
timeout/retry constants and preserve the existing REST/WebSocket assertions.
- Around line 20-21: Replace explicit any usage with narrow contracts: in
test/alerts-integration.ts at lines 20-21 and 42-43, type server and alertValues
using only their stop() and parsedMessages() members; in
test/api/alerts/server.ts at lines 11-12, derive stop and the Promise<Response>
result from startServer; at lines 17-18, type sendADelta with a narrow
wire-delta shape rather than Delta unless all branded fields are constructed.
In `@test/api/alerts/alertPersistence.test.ts`:
- Around line 48-50: Replace the single-tick settle helper with bounded polling
that repeatedly checks the relevant database state until the expected condition
is observed or a deadline is reached. Update the call sites around the
handleEscalation and applyRetention assertions to wait for their specific
expected states, while preserving a finite timeout so failures surface
deterministically.
In `@test/api/alerts/alertStateMachine.test.ts`:
- Around line 10-41: Remove the local AlertOverrides and makeAlert definitions,
and reuse the imported raiseParams builder from fixtures.ts throughout
AlertStateMachine tests. Preserve the existing test defaults and allow per-test
overrides through raiseParams rather than maintaining a second builder.
- Around line 43-48: Move the shared non-null alert assertion into
test/api/alerts/helpers/fixtures.ts and export it for reuse. In
test/api/alerts/alertStateMachine.test.ts lines 43-48, remove assertAlert and
import the shared helper from ./helpers/fixtures; in
test/api/alerts/alertPersistence.test.ts lines 38-43, remove present and import
that same helper.
In `@test/api/alerts/deltas.test.ts`:
- Around line 495-504: Update the three tests around app.ingest and
api.ingressSettled to restore console.warn inside a finally block, ensuring
restoration even when ingestion, settling, or assertions throw; apply the same
pattern consistently to all three sites, optionally through a shared helper if
it preserves the existing test behavior.
In `@test/api/alerts/escalationTimer.test.ts`:
- Around line 136-150: Add a test alongside the configured-timeout case for
EscalationTimer.startTimer that passes remainingMs as 30 * 1000, verifies no
escalation before 30 seconds, and verifies one escalation at 30 seconds; ensure
it would fail if the configured timeout were used instead.
In `@test/api/alerts/helpers/fakeApp.ts`:
- Around line 86-95: Extend the fake response object used by replied so
res.send, res.end, and res.sendStatus are available and settle the response
promise, preserving the recorded status and body behavior established by json.
In `@test/api/alerts/helpers/fakeTimerFunctions.ts`:
- Around line 78-94: Remove the echo doc comments for getPendingCount,
getCurrentTime, and reset in the fake timer implementation, while preserving the
explanatory comments for advanceTime and nextExpiryUpTo.
In `@test/api/alerts/helpers/fixtures.ts`:
- Around line 153-160: Update the audit-event helpers eventTypes and
entriesOfType to use the existing HistoryEventType type: return
HistoryEventType[] from eventTypes and accept HistoryEventType in entriesOfType.
Import HistoryEventType from the established alerts types module, without
introducing a local replacement type.
In `@test/api/alerts/routes.test.ts`:
- Line 177: Update the test block that overrides console.error to wrap the
override and awaited request loop in try/finally, restoring the original
console.error in the finally block even when a request rejects. Keep the
existing loop assertions and request behavior unchanged.
- Around line 47-74: Replace the route-key and registration-order assertions in
“registers every route of the alerts surface” and “registers the static routes
before the :id route” with request-level tests through the app boundary.
Exercise GET /status, GET /history, and GET /:id using representative requests
and assert their observable responses, preserving coverage for static-route
handling without depending on FakeApp.routes or registration order.
In `@test/deltacache.js`:
- Around line 515-517: Strengthen the exclusion tests around
getSelfPathPublishers by seeding a measurement path under two sources and
asserting that the measurement path is present while alerts.probe.selfpath
remains absent. Apply this control assertion to both the getMultiSourcePaths and
getReconciledGroups tests, ensuring getReconciledGroups receives non-empty
priorityGroups so its result exercises the exemption traversal.
In `@test/deltaPriority.ts`:
- Around line 300-301: Add a negative boundary test in the “alerts bypass
priority” suite using an `alertsThreshold.value` path, verifying it does not
enter the alert bypass and still undergoes priority resolution. Keep the
existing true-alert cases unchanged and assert the expected non-alert behavior.
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In `@docs/installation/README.md`:
- Line 26: Centralize the supported Node.js version range used by package.json,
src/version.ts, and the installation prerequisite, updating the version
validation symbol in src/version.ts so it rejects Node 20 and Node 23.0–23.3
while preserving support for >=22.13 <23 and >=23.4. Use the shared range or add
a drift check to prevent these declarations from diverging.
In `@src/api/alerts/alertManager.ts`:
- Around line 494-499: Update the operator escalation history entry created with
historyEntry('escalate', updated, ...) to include the alert’s previousState and
newState, matching the state-transition fields recorded by the source-driven
escalation path. Preserve the existing priority fields and other escalation
behavior.
In `@src/api/alerts/deltas.ts`:
- Around line 196-198: Update the filtering logic around the kept-values branch
to preserve updates that have metadata even when no values remain: remove the
values field before forwarding the update when kept is empty, while retaining
the existing kept-values behavior for non-empty results and allowing downstream
hasMeta(update) handling.
In `@src/api/alerts/index.ts`:
- Line 115: Update AlertsApi startup and shutdown so alert route handlers are
not duplicated across reloads: either remove the handlers registered by
initAlertRoutes when AlertsApi.stop runs, or ensure initAlertRoutes registers
them only once per Express app while preserving the active API instance. Keep
behavior consistent with Express dispatch and avoid relying on FakeApp.routes
Map overwriting handlers.
- Line 291: Default req.body to an empty object before property reads in all
three alert handlers using the body variable at src/api/alerts/index.ts lines
291-291, 321-321, and 347-347. Apply the same nullish fallback at each site so
duration, priority, and active reads remain safe when parsing middleware leaves
req.body undefined.
- Around line 460-462: Update listFilter() and historyQuery() to reject
non-string group and alertId query values, including arrays produced by repeated
Express parameters, by throwing BadRequest before filters are ignored. Preserve
existing behavior for valid string values and ensure malformed filters return
HTTP 400.
In `@test/api/alerts/deltas.test.ts`:
- Line 557: Update the oversized message fixture in the relevant alert delta
test to derive its length from the exported MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH constant instead
of hardcoding 1001, importing the constant from its existing module while
preserving the test’s over-limit behavior.
In `@test/deltaPriority.ts`:
- Around line 306-311: In test/deltaPriority.ts lines 306-311, define named
constants for the source timeout and initial timestamp; reuse them in lines
328-349 and name the disabled-source sentinel instead of using literals. In
test/api/alerts/server.ts lines 76-92, define and use named constants for the
hello and alert-delta WebSocket message indexes. Update only these affected test
sites.
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Types, the IEC 62682 state machine, escalation and silence timers, the active-alert registry with its cap, display ordering and path validation. No server wiring: this is the domain the rest of the subsystem serves. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UmEL91uGc7sNotczyGihFx
One SQLite file holds the active set and the trail, so a lifecycle change commits both in one transaction. WAL with synchronous=FULL, incremental auto-vacuum so a pruned trail returns its bytes, and a store that cannot be opened names the file and the way out. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UmEL91uGc7sNotczyGihFx
Every lifecycle change is published at alerts.<path>, and the active set is republished at startup so a restored alert needs no transition to be seen. Ingress takes every alerts.* value out of the chain: a device describes a condition, the server owns its lifecycle, and a repeat of an unchanged description is a heartbeat rather than a fresh alarm. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UmEL91uGc7sNotczyGihFx
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Routes for the active set, one alert, the audit trail and every lifecycle action. Statuses come from the manager's error types rather than from matching message text, and the list is ordered the way IMO 9.16 says an operator reads it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UmEL91uGc7sNotczyGihFx
An alert sits unchanged for hours and is published by whichever source sees the condition, so the measurement machinery would filter it by source priority, time it out as stale and list it in the multi-source admin views. Mirrors the exemptions notifications already has. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UmEL91uGc7sNotczyGihFx
Constructed in startApis, announced through feature discovery and documented in the swagger hub. startApis waits for it, because a plugin raising an alert from its own start() would otherwise find no subsystem, and a store that cannot be opened stops the server rather than leaving an alarm system that persists nothing. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UmEL91uGc7sNotczyGihFx
Lifecycle, staleness, limits, the endpoints, raising by delta, the plugin surface and what persistence guarantees. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01UmEL91uGc7sNotczyGihFx
`checkLeafGroup` exempts `notifications.*` and `alerts.*` from timeout enforcement, but `onIncoming` records an `AutoSampler` for every context, path and source before that exemption applies. The sampler is read only through `checkLeafGroup`, so those entries are written, never read, and freed only when the whole context is evicted. Lift the prefix test into `isEventPath` and apply it in both places. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011gRri3wESvrR3ccUzETdZC
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What problem does this solve?
This is where the subsystem becomes usable. After it, a device can raise an alert over the delta stream, a client can list, acknowledge, silence, escalate and clear alerts over
/signalk/v2/api/alerts, and both see the same managed state.Ingress takes every
alerts.*value out of the delta chain, so the manager is the only writer of alert state: a device describes a condition and cannot claim a state or an id. A source that re-emits an unchanged alert is read as "still here" rather than "it happened again", which is what lets an operator acknowledge an alarm and have it stay acknowledged while its condition persists. Egress mirrors every transition back into the model so subscribers do not poll. Alerts also join notifications in being treated as events rather than measurements — exempt from source priority, from staleness timeouts and from the multi-source views — because an alert legitimately sits unchanged for hours and is published by whichever source happens to see the condition.The REST surface follows the v2 conventions, its OpenAPI document renders from the TypeBox schemas rather than being maintained separately, and the API announces itself through feature discovery. Startup awaits the store opening, so a plugin that raises an alert from its own
start()finds the subsystem present.How was this tested?
End-to-end against a running server: a device delta becoming a managed alert alongside an ordinary notification on the same update, a REST raise appearing in the delta stream and the v1 tree, an acknowledgment reordering the active list, and the active set surviving a server restart. Route-level behaviour is covered separately without a server. The full suite passes at 1718, and
npm run buildandnpm run ci-lintare clean on this branch.The stack
Four pull requests, each branch based on the one before it. GitHub does not accept a base branch that lives in a fork, so all four target
masterand the diffs of 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 repeat the commits below them. The Commits tab separates what is new.New in this pull request: the top five commits, from
feat(alerts): mirror and ingest alert deltasthroughdocs(alerts): document the alerts API.They are meant to land in that order.
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Summary
This PR adds the alerts subsystem with lifecycle management, SQLite persistence, audit history, delta integration, and REST endpoints.
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alerts.*deltas and restores active alerts at startup./signalk/v2/api/alertswith lifecycle, status, listing, and history operations.node:sqlite.